The 49er, No Love Lost (Olympic Preview)
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke of New Zealand will enter the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition as overwhelming favourites to conquer in the Men’s Skiff (49er) having set a world class standard after London 2012. Australia’s Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen defeated the Kiwis at London 2012 but since then, the Kiwis have completely dominated. […]
Alec Wilkinson Launches Olympic Preview Show
Sailing journalist Alec Wilkinson just dropped his new podcast and directed his second episode as an Olympic preview show. He grabbed a bunch of his mates from the sailing World including tho former Olympic medalists and got the chat going. Check out Episode 2 First Alec chats through the 10 events with Andy Rice […]
Champs Rounding Into Form
2012 Gold Medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) have won the final warm up regatta before the 2016 Olympic games. The 2016 South American Championship was only a 2-day regatta, but the whole Olympic fleet and a few training partners showed up for the last test before the games. Outteridge and Jensen won the […]
Swiss 49er Grab Final Rio Berth – 49erFX Still Uncertain
It was a day to remember for Sebastien Schneiter and Lucien Cujean of Switzerland who claim the final berth for the 2016 Olympic games and will be competing in Rio. Sebastien was delighted posting, “Who would have thought so 2 years ago when I quit my little Laser Radial to jump in this crazy boat […]